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AWS - Create instance image w/ Powershell
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aws_createimage.ps1
# Task Scheduler run as powershell -f "<path to script>"
# General Script Variables
$serverName = "<server name>"
$date = Get-Date -UFormat "%m/%d/%Y"
$imageName = "$serverName $date"
# Retrieve instance ID from EC2 Instance Metadata
$instanceID = (New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString("http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id")
# Create instance image. -NoReboot:$false stops the instance prior to creating the image
New-EC2Image -InstanceId $instanceID -Name $imageName -Description "Test Server Image" -NoReboot:$false
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